The night before christmas

Christmas Eve, it is well known. But this is the night before Christmas.

In fact whilst I am writing this. A family somewhere is sending their child upstairs to go to bed. He most likely excited for he knows that tomorrow their will be a large sack at the bottom of his bed and lots of amazing new toys to play with. In fact somewhere at this moment a child could be excited because they know that Santa is coming tonight. And to finally answer the age old question of his existence they are most likely planning something to capture Santa and to discover the answer to that question which plagues their mind.

Christmas is only time of the year these days that we get to see some of those family members who we have somehow managed to avoid the rest of the year. Why could that possibly be? Is it that somehow in this chaotic and fast moving world we still have preserved the joy of gathering together and enjoying what you can of each others company. Or is it that we have become chained to a tradition that we have long forgotten why it was started in the first place?

Well since coming back from university for Christmas and enjoying what I can on free food. I have realised that indeed Christmas is about many things. It is not only about the birth of baby Jesus, but also about family. It is also about eating too much and then suffering from indigestion afterwards however, that is beside the point of this entry.

So whether you are on you own this Christmas away from family or current staying with family I wish you the merriest Christmas possible.

Death Note - Whos ever name you shall write, they will die

Death Note is the latest anime, which has gripped me and held in despair waiting for the next episode to air. If you were to ask me is Death Note any good? I will reply sharply that is it amazing.

Death Note is about a bored Death God who drops his Death Note into the human world for fun. Light a 17-year-old genius finds it. If a name of a person is written in the book whilst keeping their face in mind. They shall die in 40 seconds.

With this new power Light decides to create a world where he judges the people and decides who is acceptable and who is unworthy for living. He starts writing the names of criminals into the Death Note and hundreds of criminals start to die. The press and police realise that someone doing these killings and nickname the killer kira – after the name killer.

L is a police detective who keeps his identity a secret. He decides to try and capture kira and put an end to his murders. After an indirect confirmation on TV with kira. L proves himself to be a match against kira.

Now the game is set. Who ever discovers the others identity first, will be the one to win. After this, the series just gets better and better. Soon after watching this you will be hooked for more and more.

Unfortunately we are only up to episode 11. In which the series opens up again and the excitement in me can only be repressed by the fact I have to Christmas shopping sometime this week.

Yes Christmas is occurring fast and as of the moment I am far from ready to face it. I really need to start purchasing presents. Today is the 23rd and Christmas Day is only two days away. Still this year has been quite on sister’s want me to cook Christmas dinner with her. She has either given up after last years failed attempts or she too is just too lazy like me to actually bother with the work.

Still in case I fail to update my blog before Christmas I shall wish you all a merry Christmas. Of course if you are politically correct please forget what I have written before and let me wish you a happy holiday – you boring people. Of course in case I am even slower to update before the New Year then I wish you a happy new year. And that goes to the politically correct people.

Long time no see my old friend

Yes it has been a while since I sat down and decided to update my blog. But here I am again writing away. In fact so much as happened since I stopped updating. Well for starters I am at university and I have a Mac.

So what can I say about university life. Well it is amazing! Yes I can sum it up in that few amount of words. Leaving home and moving to a build occupied by over a couple hundred students and learning how to survive in the world independent is an incredible experience. There are many advantages to living in halls of residents and there are a few disadvantages, plus they are many fire alarms – apparently many students are inexperienced toast cookers.

Here is my average week:

• 3% sleep
• 5 % study
• 2% attending lectures
• 10% missing lectures
• 80% social

and about 79% of social is drinking. So my liver is to be screwed by the time I finish university. Good thing it regrows ….. Eventually.

But yes Christmas is fast approaching. So I am currently at home enjoying – making the most of – mum’s home made cooking, washing done for me and a dish wisher. These are luxuries that we often take for granted. Only when we lose them do we really understand how privileged we were.

My parents were surprised I gave the HD-TV, the dish wisher and then finally the sky box a hug when I came home. Still I missed them.

So I must go, excellent food awaits me and I must make be use of the TV whilst I can.